Monday Run from Lincoln Park

WE will meet at Lincoln Park on Monday night. WE will be merging with another group which should help out with our wide range of pace. There will be a total of 6 leaders. I hope to see everyone out there tonight. Remember to drink plenty of water today and plan your meals accordingly.

Saturday Run - June 26

We will be showing off the 2 mile course of the Women's Distance Festival. We will meet at the Washington Park Picnic Shelter at 7a.m. We are scheduled to run 3 miles, we will make the 2 mile loop and then add one more to the end. Hope to see a few more faces out there this weekend for the run.

Let Susan (susan.helm@comcast.net) or myself know if you are coming so we have a count.

Thanks/
Maria - mariaansley@comcast.net

5K - don't panic

First of all, watch the Abe's Army blog for weather postings today but ASSUME we run unless it's thundering and lightening. We're going to tackle a 5K course (that's 3.1 miles). Don't panic. My suggestion is dividing up into three ability levels - 13 minute mile, 14 minute mile and 15 minute mile and still use our 2 minutes running and 1 minute walking ratio. We'll assign a leader to each of the three pace groups. Drink.

Saturday Morning run

Washington Park is the Place. 6:30 a.m. at the picnic shelter close to the tennis courts. This will be your view of the Women's Distance Festival Course, plus one more mile. I hope to see as many of you out there as possible. We have the practice 5k on Monday night with the clock. It will be hard if you have not been working up to this. Drink plenty of water tonight and get some rest.

Feeling lonely

We miss our "Rewinders". I'll be out of town helping my daughter move apartments this weekend but please don't forget to run/walk, bike, swim at least 3 X's per week. Body Glide is a good investment during these hot times. Hydrate. See you Monday. If it's as warm and humid as expected, we might move to Lost Bridge Trail or meet at Lincoln Park where there's more shade. Hugs, Susan

Monday

Monday night the group was missing a few people. Let's give a big shout out to ANGIE for being the only one to show up and run with her leaders. We ran to the 1 mile mark and returned via gate 11. It was warm and we we did a 2:1 ratio. If you are trying to complete your miles inside on a treadmill that is great, however, when it comes to race day and you haven't been running in the heat your performance will be less than expected. Check back later this week to find out were we will be on Saturday morning.

Maria, Melanie and Susan

Monday June 14th

We will meet at the fairgrounds. We will cover 2 miles, and cover the start and finish area of the race route.
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!!!

See you at the fairgrounds near the wine sign under the awning.
Melanie

Sat June 12th

We will be meeting at IDOT trail, we will cover about 2-2.5 miles at 7 am
Sorry for the late post, time flies!
See ya in the AM
Melanie and Susan
Maria will be there in spirit

Saturday - June 5th

Saturday, June 5th we will not be able to run with the group. Susan and Maria are working the MMC Burn 5K at Washington Park and Melanie is having a garage sale. Feel free to run at the trail without us. Let us know how you did.

Keep moving!
Maria, Melanie and Susan